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Author | : Sinéad McCoole |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780299195007 |
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"Constance Markievicz had some advice for women activists: 'Leave your jewels in the bank, and buy a revolver.' Most of the women who became involved in the fight for Ireland's freedom did not have jewels to swap for guns, but the change in their circumstances and lives would be just as radical. Setting aside their roles as dutiful daughters, wives, and mothers, they became dispatch carriers, gunrunners, spies. Guns in hand, they fought alongside their male comrades in arms, displaying a courage and resolution that astonished and sometimes offended public opinion of the time." "What they were doing was considered 'unladylike and disreputable' - a notion that explains why their stories became hidden histories; in many cases families were unaware that their great-aunts and grannies had prison records." "But the evidence is there in their prison diaries and autograph books, in the graffiti that remain on the walls of Kilmainham Gaol, and in the archive lists of women prisoners of 1916, the War of Independence, and the Civil War. From this wealth of material and interviews with survivors, Sinead McCoole has produced a portrait of the girls and women whose indomitable spirit overcame hunger strikes, harsh prison conditions, and the tragedy of huge personal loss."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Janice Sanford Beck |
Publisher | : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780921102823 |
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Artist, photographer, writer, world traveler and, above all, explorer, Mary Schaffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women at the turn of the nineteenth century in order to follow her dreams.Mary, born into a wealthy Quaker family in Pennsylvania, was a precocious child who excelled at school. She was much more interested in the arts and traveling. A trip across Canada in 1889 proved the turning point in Mary's life. Not only did she meet her future husband-doctor and botanist Charles Schaffer-she also fell hopelessly in love with the mountains.After Charles' death, Mary embarked on explorations into the Canadian Rockies at a time when it was not thought proper for a woman to do so. Her most famous trips of 1907 and 1908 resulted in the rediscovery of Maligne Lake and the highly regarded book Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies. Mary eventually settled in Banff and there married her handsome young guide Billy Warren.Since her death in 1937, she continues to inspire young people and women in particular.
Author | : Deborah Ellis |
Publisher | : Groundwood Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1554981344 |
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After learning that her family adopted her, Valli runs away from home to live on the streets of Kolkata, India, where she begs, steals, and resists help from a doctor who reveals that she has leprosy.
Author | : Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 768 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1476750572 |
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Examines the distinct leadership roles of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during the war years and discusses the dynamics of their marriage.
Author | : Sinéad McCoole |
Publisher | : O'Brien Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780862788834 |
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Updated edition with many more biographies and a new introduction by the author. Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics, women played a major role in the fight for Ireland's freedom, risking loss of life and family for a cause to which they were totally committed. This book highlights a time when vast numbers of Irish women were politicised and imprisoned for their beliefs, with a special emphasis on one prison, Kilmainham Gaol. They came from every class in society and all walks of life: titled ladies and shop assistants, doctors, housewives, laundry workers, artists and teachers. Some were married with children, others widowed and some mere schoolchildren. These are hidden stories that vividly recreate the characters, personalities and courage of Ireland's revolutionary women.
Author | : David McLaughlan |
Publisher | : Barbour Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1607425769 |
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We can learn so much from the successes and failures, lives, humility, and obedience of unnamed Biblical people—and readers will find great insights in No Ordinary People: The Unknown Men and Women of the Bible Devotional. This brand-new book features 100 in-depth, easy-to-read entries on the people behind the scenes, the everyday men and women, not the kings, queens, miracle workers, or leaders. These people, from the Good Samaritan to Pilate’s wife, played a powerful role in God’s plan for humanity and their stories were recorded for our benefit today. No Ordinary People can share important, even life-changing, principles for readers’ quiet time.
Author | : Elaine S. Dalton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-04-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781629721514 |
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Author | : Tim Savage |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012-05-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433530368 |
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One of the greatest social tragedies of our day is the underperformance of marriage—not only marriages that end in divorce, but also those which, while remaining “intact,” become painfully strained and emotionally scarred. Surely there must be hope for something better, for something more. With profound insight and vivid illustrations, marriage counselor Tim Savage helps us to realize the unlimited potential of marriage—to discover how the glory of God can infuse our unions, increase our joy, and make us bright lights in a troubled world.
Author | : Mary T. S. Schäffer |
Publisher | : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-05-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1897522495 |
Download Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country." - Mary T.S. Schäffer Mary T.S. Schäffer was an avid explorer and one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where few women - or men - had gone before. First published in 1911, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is Schäffer's story of her adventures in the traditionally male-dominated world of climbing and exploration. It also sheds light on Native and non-Native relations at the early part of the 20th century. Full of daring adventure and romantic depictions of camp life, set against the grand backdrop of Canada's mountain landscapes, the book introduces readers to various characters from the annals of Canadian mountaineering history, including Arthur Philemon Coleman, Billy Warren, Sid Unwin, Bill Peyto and Jimmy Simpson. Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is certain to entertain and enlighten 21st-century readers, historians, hikers and climbers.
Author | : David Johnson |
Publisher | : Grand Central Pub |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780446526395 |
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Collects the stories of Americans who were profiled in the author's "Everybody Has a Story" column, tracing his two decades of encounters with more than eight hundred individuals, many of whose perspectives changed his life.